CSD Prime Computer Model Rankings After Week Five – Ohio State Into Top Four

Conference Rating Update

1. SEC (Average SEC team is +8.65 points better than the Average FBS team)
2. Big 12 (+5.34)
3. Big Ten (+4.01)
4. Pac-12 (+2.71)
5. ACC (+1.52)
6. AAC (-2.14)
7. Mountain West (-3.59)
8. Sun Belt (-6.24)
9. MAC (-7.17)
10. Conference USA (-7.82)

Best G5 Teams

1. UCF (18th)
2. SMU (31st)
3. Cincinnati (32nd)
4. Louisiana (34th)
5. Boise State (35th)
6. Utah State (36th)
7. Memphis (38th)
8. Houston (41st)
9. San Diego State (51st)
10. BYU (54th)

Worst P5 Teams

1. Rutgers (113th)
2. Illinois (98th)
3. Georgia Tech (93rd)
4. Virginia Tech (88th)
5. Kansas (87th)
6. Syracuse (86th)
7. Oregon State (82nd)
8. Vanderbilt (81st)
9. Purdue (80th)
10. Ole Miss (77th)

This Season’s Biggest Risers

1. SMU (+58)
2. Louisiana (+54)
3. Hawai’i (+42)
4. Duke (+38)
5. Utah State (+37)
6. Colorado State (+33)
7. Kansas State (+30)
8. Northern Illinois (+30)
9. Air Force (+29)
10. Louisville (+28)

This Season’s Biggest Fallers

1. Virginia Tech (-51)
2. Syracuse (-40)
3. Purdue (-37)
4. Tennessee (-33)
5. Marshall (-30)
6. Ole Miss (-29)
7. Florida State (-25)
8. Georgia Tech (-24)
9. Vanderbilt (-24)
10. NC State (-23)

RANK	TEAM	CONF	Change (LW)	Change (Season)
1	Alabama	SEC	0	0
2	Georgia	SEC	0	0
3	Clemson	ACC	0	0
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	1	1
5	Louisiana State	SEC	-1	-1
6	Oklahoma	Big 12	0	0
7	Notre Dame	Ind	0	3
8	Auburn	SEC	0	4
9	Oregon	Pac-12	1	8
10	Penn State	Big Ten	6	-1
11	Florida	SEC	0	-3
12	Michigan	Big Ten	1	-5
13	Wisconsin	Big Ten	-4	14
14	Texas	Big 12	0	0
15	Iowa	Big Ten	6	4
16	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2	10
17	Washington	Pac-12	-2	-2
18	Central Florida	AAC	-1	4
19	Texas A&M	SEC	-7	-8
20	Utah	Pac-12	3	8
21	Missouri	SEC	1	-5
22	Southern California	Pac-12	3	1
23	Miami (FL)	ACC	1	-5
24	Kansas State	Big 12	-5	30
25	Mississippi State	SEC	1	-12
26	Texas Christian	Big 12	1	-1
27	Minnesota	Big Ten	5	11
28	South Carolina	SEC	2	-7
29	Michigan State	Big Ten	-9	-9
30	Iowa State	Big 12	-2	1
31	Southern Methodist	AAC	8	58
32	Cincinnati	AAC	11	12
33	Duke	ACC	13	38
34	Louisiana	Sun Belt	14	54
35	Boise State	MWC	-2	-3
36	Utah State	MWC	-5	37
37	Baylor	Big 12	1	13
38	Memphis	AAC	-9	-8
39	Kentucky	SEC	-5	-3
40	Northwestern	Big Ten	14	0
41	Houston	AAC	10	24
42	Arizona State	Pac-12	27	-9
43	West Virginia	Big 12	-3	-1
44	Stanford	Pac-12	-9	-20
45	UCLA	Pac-12	4	4
46	Nebraska	Big Ten	-10	-17
47	North Carolina	ACC	8	15
48	Indiana	Big Ten	24	13
49	Wake Forest	ACC	-7	6
50	Virginia	ACC	13	-5
51	San Diego State	MWC	-4	15
52	Pittsburgh	ACC	-15	1
53	Washington State	Pac-12	-3	-12
54	Brigham Young	Ind	17	4
55	Northern Illinois	MAC	22	30
56	Fresno State	MWC	10	-5
57	Texas Tech	Big 12	8	3
58	North Carolina State	ACC	6	-23
59	Florida State	ACC	-3	-25
60	Hawaii	MWC	44	42
61	Florida Atlantic	CUSA	24	18
62	Maryland	Big Ten	-18	-3
63	Temple	AAC	-4	7
64	Louisville	ACC	4	28
65	California	Pac-12	-24	-9
66	Arizona	Pac-12	-13	-19
67	Colorado	Pac-12	-5	-4
68	Air Force	MWC	-16	29
69	Boston College	ACC	10	-5
70	Colorado State	MWC	14	33
71	Appalachian State	Sun Belt	-26	-19
72	Tennessee	SEC	1	-33
73	Southern Mississippi	CUSA	-16	9
74	Western Michigan	MAC	-16	12
75	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	15	1
76	Arkansas	SEC	21	-8
77	Mississippi	SEC	4	-29
78	Tulane	AAC	-2	6
79	Army	Ind	7	-1
80	Purdue	Big Ten	-20	-37
81	Vanderbilt	SEC	-20	-24
82	Oregon State	Pac-12	13	19
83	Toledo	MAC	-13	-9
84	North Texas	CUSA	-10	-4
85	Buffalo	MAC	7	15
86	Syracuse	ACC	-6	-40
87	Kansas	Big 12	-5	9
88	Virginia Tech	ACC	-21	-51
89	Wyoming	MWC	-1	1
90	Ohio	MAC	1	-18
91	Tulsa	AAC	2	7
92	South Florida	AAC	-17	-17
93	Georgia Tech	ACC	5	-24
94	Florida International	CUSA	2	-11
95	Troy	Sun Belt	-8	-18
96	Alabama-Birmingham	CUSA	-2	-5
97	Marshall	CUSA	-14	-30
98	Illinois	Big Ten	2	-17
99	Navy	AAC	7	11
100	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	-22	-7
101	Miami (OH)	MAC	0	-2
102	Western Kentucky	CUSA	3	3
103	Kent State	MAC	0	8
104	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	-5	-17
105	Middle Tennessee State	CUSA	-3	-11
106	San Jose State	MWC	7	10
107	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	11	21
108	Eastern Michigan	MAC	-1	-2
109	Ball State	MAC	1	4
110	East Carolina	AAC	10	-3
111	Texas State	Sun Belt	6	1
112	Nevada	MWC	-23	-17
113	Rutgers	Big Ten	-2	-9
114	Central Michigan	MAC	5	8
115	Georgia State	Sun Belt	-1	5
116	Nevada-Las Vegas	MWC	-1	-8
117	Louisiana-Monroe	Sun Belt	-5	-8
118	Old Dominion	CUSA	-9	-3
119	Liberty	Ind	-3	2
120	Charlotte	CUSA	-12	-6
121	Texas-San Antonio	CUSA	0	-2
122	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1	1
123	Rice	CUSA	1	4
124	New Mexico	MWC	1	-7
125	Bowling Green State	MAC	-3	-7
126	New Mexico State	Ind	0	-1
127	Texas-El Paso	CUSA	1	3
128	Akron	MAC	-1	-2
129	Connecticut	AAC	0	0
130	Massachusetts	Ind	0	-6